Jimmy

Where Jimmy comes from

From Jim + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jimmy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #720 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Jimmy Carter born
    president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
  3. 1944
    Peak, #41
    6,320 babies named Jimmy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1966
    Jimmy Wales born
    co-founder of Wikipedia
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #97.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names James and Jim, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Jimmy Wales · co-founder of Wikipedia, born 1966
  • Jimmy Carter · president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, 1924–2024
  • Jimmy Connors · American tennis player, born 1952
  • Jimmy Morales · Comedian and former President of Guatemala, born 1969
  • Jimmy Cliff · Jamaican musician, 1944–2025

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.